The most familiar Thompson, under the defense of the Grizzlies, was eventually beaten back to its original form, and although Thompson saved the team with his own three-pointer in G1, it still could not eliminate the poor performance in the two games of the series. How bad is Clay's performance? Why did the first-round series do so well, but not against the Grizzlies' defense? With all kinds of questions, we walked into Clay's basketball world together today.
Let's take a look at clay's statistics from these two games, G1: 6 of 19 shooting, 15 points, 3 of 10 three-pointers, G2: 5 of 19 shooting, 12 points, and 2 of 12 three-pointers. In the first game, Clay saved the Warriors with a three-pointer, but in the blink of an eye, Clay completely lost the Warriors' hope of chasing points with a step. I thought that facing the immature Grizzlies, the Warriors should form a crushing trend on them, but the result exceeded our expectations, and the two games were decided at key moments, and even in Xiao Feng's view, the Grizzlies played more bloodily. In particular, Clay's poor performance has made him criticized by fans.
Unlike playing the Nuggets, the Warriors face the Nuggets' guard line actually has a natural advantage, Clay's shot is more relaxed, but the Grizzlies are different, they are younger, more energetic, the rotation and defense speed is faster, coupled with the strength of the confrontation, Klay wants to score easily is not so easy, the so-called busy mistakes, in these two games, we can obviously feel that Clay's shot is more hasty, it can also be said that it is not reasonable, and too many opportunities are wasted.
In fact, the Grizzlies are not invincible, when facing the Grizzlies, the Warriors also have their own advantages, such as the front line, such as the G2 game, although Wiggins's efficiency is not high, but under the impact of Wiggins, the Grizzlies' inner line has been seriously tested, such as G1, Wiggins's bounce and talent helped the Warriors to get a good frontcourt rebounding competition, the Warriors want to win the game, Xiao Feng feels that it is necessary to appropriately reduce the number of shots of Clay, let Wiggins play more, Even Cuminga can spend a little more time.
In fact, the Warriors' offensive firepower is far more than the Grizzlies, Morant can not average 40+ points per game, the real competition is still the details, the Grizzlies' defense in these two games must have a clear understanding, Clay's chances are really bad, and Wiggins This point opponent is really unable to defend, in fact, the change is very easy, the next look at Cole to give Wiggins a chance. In Feng's view, the Warriors' offensive firepower of Curry and Poole has been completely able to match the Grizzlies' offense, and Clay has participated in the defense as much as possible in the case of bad hands, giving Wiggins a little chance, and perhaps the Warriors will be affected by unexpected effects.
Of course, we are not questioning Clay's offensive ability, Xiao Feng just feels that in the face of different opponents, the team should rationally adjust its lineup, the playoffs are the details, if the Warriors have been competing with the Grizzlies for firepower, and give up the advantage of the front, we can't be sure that the Warriors will definitely lose, but Xiao Feng feels that it is not easy to win. Especially in the crucial round, the success rate of two-point shots is much higher than that of three-point shots, and in G2 games, the Warriors' three-point shooting rate is not even 20%, so how can such a shooting rate win? Although it is not Klay's fault alone, the team cannot make Curry give up the attack, and Poole is in good shape, the only one who can sacrifice the number of shots is Clay, and the most important point is that Clay's defense is not bad.
In a word, Klay is not very suitable for frequent shots against the Grizzlies, they should use their strengths and avoid weaknesses to maximize their chances of winning, which is where the Warriors need to change. Today's topic is here, the above views are only Xiao Feng's personal views, please forgive me for the deficiencies.